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anchor=C-c DEL problem I have a problem with the C-c C-x commands giving me C-c DEL and then freezing up. What should I do? This is a problem that I have seen with student using Emacs on Mac machines in CLIC.
ANSWER: A few students have reported having trouble with it elsewhere, but the major of the students have reported either no trouble or only occasional trouble with it. I have been able to switch those students with trouble over to the editor called anchor=Pico. It uses the same look and feel as Pine. Just follow the commands at the bottom of the screen. Regardless of which editor you use to create the file, once created, any editor can edit it.

Does Pico use the same commands? It depends on what you are referring to. When you are editing text it works about the same as Emacs as far as getting around the screen and typing in text. Saving (WriteOut) and Exit are a little different, but again Pico has the major commands at the bottom of the screen.

How do I get files from my Uhunix acount to my www acount? First, from your Uhunix account, telnet over to your www account. Then, enterthe command, ftp, then enter the command, open, and you should see (to). At the (to) prompt enter: uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu at the prompt type in: user and enter. Go through the id/password procedure for your Uhunix account. When you get back to a regular ftp prompt, type in: recv bogan.html or whatever your file name is. Do a dir or ls -1 to see your files and make sure it is there.

anchor=Faulty Text Allignment It seems that some students are having trouble switching from Emacs to Pico. A few have alignment problems when the word wrap from Emacs has created a carriage return at the end of a line. When Pico opens up the document, it sees the carriage return and breaks to the next line. So a line of text looks like this with a break in it. Solution? Place your cursor at the beginning of the line, in this case, the 'l' of like, and use the backspace (IBM) or delete (Mac) to wipe out the carriage return. But the next line ends with a truncated word and a dollar sign, you say? Well, it happens sometimes. This indicates that the word extends outside of of the boundries of the document. To fix this, just do the same procedure: Go to the first letter of the word with the dollar sign in it. Execute a carriage return (that's an 'enter' for the non-typewriter types) and it will bring that truncated word, intact, to the next line.

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